Grodig near Salzburg, Austria — AdoptSMT Group Europe celebrates its 20th anniversary by introducing many new product ideas and services, focusing on the company's rapidly growing second core sector of supplying spare parts, tools and consumables.

Horsham, PA — EE Technologies, Inc., an ISO/TS 16949:2009 certified Contract Manufacturer, recently completed a full implementation of Aegis' Manufacturing Operations Software (MOS). According to the company, this was effective in fulfilling its strategy to improve efficiencies and quality by streamlining and ...

Cranston, RI — AIM's most robust solder paste, NC258, has been developed to offer long pause-to-print capabilities while enhancing fine print definitions. The paste reduces defects such as voiding and head-in-pillow.

Eindhoven, Netherlands — Assembleon has made its official appearance in the semiconductor industry with a dedicated solution. The company has launched the A-Series Hybrid, a new solution within its A-Series lineup targeting manufacturers in the semiconductor back end industry. The A-Series Hybrid ...

Camarillo, CA — Binder-USA has expanded the Series 620 snap-in panel-mount receptacles to now offer dip solder contacts. This addition has been made in response to the high demand for lightweight snap-in style connectors. The snap-in connectors are especially well suited for commercial and medical ...

Cerritos, CA — Corelis, Inc. has released the latest version of its powerful ScanExpress Boundary-Scan Tool Suite. The new Version 7.6 CD is the first test tool to include JTAG embedded test (JET) support for AMD Family 10 processors, enabling processor emulation-based testing capabilities on AMD ASB2 (BGA ...

Minneapolis, MN — CyberOptics Corporation is showing its new QX100 AOI Tabletop System, which embraces the company's unusual image acquisition solution using the Strobed Inspection Module (SIM). The system is said to be capable of inspecting 01005 components and larger at 100cm2}/sec ...

Stutensee, Germany — The CONDOR MTS500 flying probe tester from Digitaltest provides users with remarkable versatility and flexibility. Apart from traditional ICT test routines, the system is also capable of performing functional tests. Tests of prototype boards and small batches are streamlined ...

Aesch, Switzerland — Essemtec's Cobra is described as the first machine to combine the advantages of a highly flexible placement machine — 240 feeder slots, allowing changeover during operation — with the throughput of an 8-axes assembly machine (IPC-9859: 20,000 cph). Four components are picked ...

Berlin, Germany — Finetech's Fineplacer® lambda has undergone some serious refinements with added new features. Sporting a whole new lighting system, the optical system now allows separate adjustment of chip and substrate illumination. The lighting settings can be adapted to different surface characteristics ...

Wunstorf, Germany — The phoenix nanotom m, from GE's Inspection Technologies, has been developed to meet the growing demand for high resolution and high precision X-ray computed tomography (CT) for non-destructive 3D analysis.

Jena, Germany — Goepel electronic has developed special VarioTAP® IPs for TI's DaVinci Digital Media Systems-on-Chip (DMSoC) for the TMS320DM3xx series. The solution enables the utilization of dynamic processor emulation tests for detection and diagnosis of faults on board and at system level, supporting ...

Konstanz, Germany — Ingun has developed special, spring-loaded RF probes with a coaxial design that are integrated in manual fixtures of the Z-Check series. This development offers a way to increase the repeatability and reduce the error rate during the impedance check on PCB test coupons.

St. Louis, MO — JBC Tools, Inc. provides numerous innovative products to satisfy demanding requirements. For example, its exclusive heating system generates high power with a small-size heater, resulting in a minimum of heated mass and thermal inertia. The system also integrates an extremely sensitive ...

Baltimore, MD — JTAG Technologies has released a new JTAG/boundary-scan hardware interface product that is compatible with the MAC-Panel "Scout" mass interconnect system. The JT 2147/DAK is a signal conditioning module that allows seamless connections from JTAG Technologies PXI DataBlaster to the ...